Improvement in beer and water coolers



JOHN WEINBERGEB.

lmprovment in Waterand Be'er Coolers'. j

N0. 124,465. l Patented Mar`c'h`12,l872.

Tn'r @Enron JOHN WEINBERGER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEER AND WATER ICOOLERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,465, dated March 12,1872;

I, JOHN WEINBERGER, of the city of New Orleans and Sta-te of Louisiana,have invented a new, useful, and Improved Combined Water and BeerCooler; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andaccurate description of the same, reference being had to the drawingannexed, forming a part thereof.

My improvement relates to a portable water and beer cooler, combined insuch a way as to render the contents of the same separable by means ofstop-cocks inserted at the proper places for this purpose. It possessesall the requisite features essential for the preservation of both thewater and the beer at a cool temperature, no matter what may be thedegree of heat in the external air.

lts construction is very simple and economical, and it is as durable asany other similar device of the character to which it relates. But myinvention will be better understood and appreciated by referring to thedrawing, whereon all that I claim as pertaining thereto is very clearlyillustrated, and whereon* e A represents a vertical cylindrical vessel,divided into several compartments, the exterior one, B, of whichentirely incloses the interior beer, ice, and water compartments. Thisexterior compartment is kept filled with pnlverized charcoal, saw-dust,or any suitable and equivalent non,- conducting substance usuallyemployed for non conducting purposes. It will be perceived that thiscompartment extends under the bottom of the cooler. The cover islikewise filled with a non-conducting substance, so that the interiorcompartments are completely surrounded by a non-conducting subst-ance,with a view to the better preservation of a cool temperature within thecooler--a precaution which is highly necessary. C indicates thewater-compartment, which completely encircles the beercompartment,represented by D, which latter also surrounds the interior chamber, inwhich is placed the receptacle or basket, wherein is placed the ice orfreezing-mixture. E E represent globe valves, to either or both of whichconnections may be made directly with antedated February 22, 1872.

the beer-casks. These are so constructed a's to be self-operating-thatis to say, when the cask of beer is connected with one only, thepressure ot' the expanding beer is made to operate so as to close theopposite valve, by forcing the ball c therein firmly against the .mouthof the outlet-pipe b, and the reverse of this result will produce acorresponding result with the other valve, when the beer-cask isconnected with its opposite. The ballvalve, to which the beer-cash maybe connected when operated upon by the beer therein contained, will beforced in the direction of the cooler, and against a wire-netting guard,c, which will prevent the said valve from closing` the inlet-pipe to thebeer-compartment, while at the same time will, in consequence of itsconstruction, allow the beer to iiow freely into the. said inlet-pipe,and, finally, into the beer-compartment, whence it may be drawn asrequired, by means of stop-cocks. A stop-cock must also be placed to berendered available for drawing the contents from the water-compartmentl), as may be desired. F shows a receptacle at the bottom oftheicechamber, for the reception of the water nielted from the ice, whencethis water may be drawn when necessary by meansof the outlet-pipe g, towhich a stop-cock may be attached. The cover Gr is provided with atlange, which is designed to be inserted within the space or recess h,at the top of the cooler, wherein may be placed water, thereby making awater-joint, and rendering the said cooler, when the cover is placed asdescribed, perfectly air-tight. The top of the ice-receptacle islikewise provided with a separate cover, H, which is also constructedwith a flange, so as to form a water-joint at i. v

The entire interior ysurface of the beerchamber or compartment iscovered with a. wash composed of a mixture of rosin and lardoil, whicheffeetually prevents the beer therein contained from becomingdiscolored, as it usually does when` allowed direct contact with themetal of which the cooler is constructed.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by- LettersPatent is the following- Claim The combined Water and beer-cooler hereindescribed, when constructed with the compartments B, C, and D, and aninterior icereceptucle, the interior surfaces of the beer-

